Thread cleaning device



Nov. 17, 1936. A, RNE E 2,061,386

THREAD CLEANING DEVICE Original Filed Aug. 25, 1935 v I (LE ow I fimhwwwmw INVENTORS 3/ 4% ATTO R N EY Parent Fries THREAD CLEANING DEVICE Albert G. Osborne, Paterson, and Bertrand H. H. Noble, Glen Rock, N. J.

Original application August 23, 1935, Serial No. 37,460. Divided and this application April 30, 1936, Serial No. 77,078

3 Claims. (Cl. 2870) This invention relates to improvements in head in the full line position shown in Figs. 1 thread cleaning devices, the principal object of and 2, in which position the intersecting slots of the invention being to provide an improved dethe cleaner heads form a square opening for the vice of this character by means of which the enpassage of the thread l8 through the heads. For

tire surface of the thread will be cleaned in a permitting the insertion of the thread into the single operation, this application being a division cleaning opening, the lever 23 is operated to carof our prior application Serial No. 37A60, filed ry the slidable cleaner head to the position indi- August 23, 1935. cated in broken lines in Fig. 2, in which position One of the objects of the invention is to prothe open end of the slot of the slidable member 10 vide a pair of slotted thread-cleaning members is in line with the open end of the fixed member 10 normally disposed in such relation to each other 2 I, so that the thread after passing down through that their intersecting slots form a radially the slot of the fixed member will rest on the arm closed thread-cleaning opening, one of said 22 of the slidable member and upon release of members being movable relatively to the other to the lever 23 the slidable cleaner head will be 5 afford radial access to said opening thereby to moved under tension of the spring 25 to the full permit a thread to be laterally inserted into the line posit o Shown in Figs- 1 and 2, thereby cleaning opening. causing the thread to enter the slot of the slidable Other objects and advantages of the invention ad. I W ll thus be Seen that in th s o o will be apparent as the description proceeds, the device the thread will be cleaned on four In the drawing accompanying this specificasides. In order to limit the movement of the 20 tion, lever 23 under the influence of the spring 25, a

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred em- Stop plate 21 is secured to the base I and p bodiment of a device constructed in accordance Vi-ded W a 1 extending into e Pa Of with the present invention; movement of the lever, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken approximately The slidable Cleaner ead is a ta ed i 25 on the line IIII of Fig. 1; and showing th sliding contact with the fixed head by means of movable parts at opposite limits of their movean p fi Spring 23 the horizontal leg of ment in full and broken lines respectively; and Which is Securedy Screws 29 t0 the base and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view illusthe Vertical leg is turned Over into e a m t 30 trating the normal operating position f th with the side of the arm 22 of the slidable clean- 30 cleaning members with relation to the thread. head, as indicated in broken nes in Fi In the form shown herein, th d i Fig. 3 shows the cleaner heads 2| and 22 in secprises a base block I carrying porcelain thread tion With the thread passing through the guides 3 and d which base-block is provided at sq opening formed y t rs t s its underside with a V-shaped recess by means all of the parts being y u e g at d i 35 of which it may be seated on the traverse rail of Sizethe winding machine, a slot 20 being pr d d From the foregoing it will be obvious that in for the passage of the u u l h ldi b y; for the device herein described we have provided a curing it in place. Mounted on the block l is thread cleaner in which a pairof cleaning mem- 40 fixed, slotted cleaning head 2! of a well-known bells cooperate to form a Square pe S as to type, and cooperating therewith isa second slotted engage the entire r a e o the thread passing head 22 mounted for sliding movement transtherethrough, and Which Opening is normally versely of the first head. The head 22 i pivoted accessible radially thereof, so that the thread at one end thereof to a lever 23, which is itself nn l ve h p n d r n h cleanin pivoted at one end to a lug l formed on the base Operation; 1101 can a thread he placed in P S O I 45 member l The head 22, at the end thereof opto be cleaned without first moving one of the posite the 1ever, is elongated to form n r 22 cleaning members relatively to the other thereby which is pivotally connected to a pitman 24 pivto d r the p n d a y a si e. oted to the base l A coil spring 25 is supported While we have described in detail the embodi- 5 on apintle carried by the base l and is co nected ment of the invention herein disclosed, it is to 0 at one end to an extension of the pivot of the arm beunderstood that we do not thereby limit 1 22 as indicated at 26, Fig. 1, the opposite end invention tothe precise features of construction of the spring being secured tothe underside of shown in the drawing, as we are aware that many the base member. The tension of the spring 25 mechanical changes and modifications may be thus normally maintains the slidable cleaning made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A thread-cleaning device comprising in combination a base, a cleaning member secured on said base and having an elongated openended slot, a cleaning member pivotally supported at its opposite ends in transverse juxtaposition to said first member, said pivotally supported member also having an elongated openended slot, means for normally maintaining the pivotally supported member at one extremity of its pivotal movement, and means for moving said member to the opposite extremity of its movement thereby to bring the open ends of the slots into position to afford access to both of said slots.

2. A thread-cleaning device comprising in combination, a base, a cleaning member secured on said base and having an elongated open-ended slot, a cleaning member supported for sliding movement transversely of said first cleaning member and having an elongated open-ended slot, tension means acting on said slidable member for maintaining it laterally in juxtaposition to said first member, tension means acting on said slidable member longitudinally thereof normally to maintain it at one extremity of its sliding movement with its slot intersecting that of its companion member thereby forming a radially closed cleaning opening, and manually operated means for moving said pivoted member to the opposite extremity of its movement against the action of said tension means thereby to bring the open ends of the slots into position to afford access to both of said slots.

3. A thread cleaning device comprising in combination, a base, a pair of cleaning members each provided with a longitudinally extending slot open at one end, one of said members being fixed on said base, a pair of links pivoted at one end to said base at opposite sides of said fixed member, the other cleaning member being pivoted at its opposite ends to said links whereby said member is slidably maintained in transverse position relatively to said fixed member, means for limiting the pivotal movement of said links in both directions, automatically operative means for maintaining the shiftable member at one extremity of its movement whereby its slot intersects that of the fixed member and forms therewith a radially olosedthread-cleaning opening,and means for moving said shiftable member to the opposite extremity of its movement thereby to carry its slot out of intersecting relation With that of the fixed member and permit access to the open ends of both slots.

ALBERT G. OSBORNE. BER'IRAND H. H. NOBLE. 

